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First element of unknown meaning and origin (compare dewclaw) + Old English læppa (a loose hanging piece) (compare jellop, jowlop).

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dewlap (plural dewlaps)

  1. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal.
  2. The sagging flesh on the throat of an elderly human.
    • 2017, Bernard MacLaverty, “Chapter 2”, in Midwinter Break, page 36:
      He ended up looking at himself in the mirror. His image stared back at him. He was developing a dewlap - a definite dewlap. He waggled under his chin scornfully with his fingers.

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